WHEREAS, Representatives of four collegiate and five alumnae chap-
ters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will participate in its organizational
event of ``Delta Days at the State Capitol'' by visiting the legislature on
March 30, 1998; and

      WHEREAS, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded January 13,
1913, at Howard University by 22 undergraduate women to promote ac-
ademic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need. Today it
is a nonprofit organization with a membership of over 190,000 predom-
inately African-American college-educated women and with over 870
chapters throughout the world; and

      WHEREAS, The major programs of the sorority are contained in its
Five-Point Program Thrust of economic development, educational de-
velopment, international awareness and involvement, physical and mental
health, and political awareness and involvement. Currently it has two
major national initiatives: Health and healing addressing clinical depres-
sion, an illness that afflicts African-American women at a rate two times
greater than all men; and the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, featuring
an educational program for at-risk African-American girls between the
ages of 11 and 14: Now, therefore,

      Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we congrat-
ulate and commend Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for its commitment to
service in our society; and

      Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to send an enrolled copy of this resolution to Cynthia Jackson, 10943
Richards Court, Lenexa, Kansas 66210.

Senate Resolution No. 1844 was sponsored by Senators Jones and Gooch.

I hereby certify that the above Resolution originated in the Senate,
and was adopted by that body

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President of the Senate.

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Secretary of the Senate.